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When using keywords in CS:
1) You can only select ONE keyword (or keyword group) when adding to a file or set of selected files. It’s not clear why this restriction is set. Why not just allow the user to click on multiple checkmarks (for each keyword and/or group) and then select "add" to add them all?
2) I’m not aware of a process for adding keywords as a "batch process", other than making a new "file info" file that just has a set of keywords that you’d like to add to a whole set. But the problem with that is that it’ll overwrite any existing "File Info" data already stored. Is there a way to "merge" the new file info data in, or at least batch-add keywords to a large group of images, in a batch-process mode?
3) In order for PS to add keywords to images, it needs to open the actual file and write them in. Of course. The problem is, when files are enormous and voluminous, this process can be quite cumbersome, especially if you want to add a lot of keyword combinations (see #1 above).
It’d be nice if there were an option to store all the "edits" (additions, changes, deletions) that may take place over the course of this process, so that you can create what the final "keyword designation" looks like before you actually commit changes. In a sense, this would be like a "scratch database", where a very basic file format is used to associate keywords and images on a temporary basis, where it would only be "commited" upon selection of a "Apply" button of sorts
Granted, this begins to cross the line between an app that acts as a simple UI for editing keyword info, and a full-fledged "Database" app, which is definitely not where PS wants to go. That said, performance issues will bog down PS if you try to use the keywording infrastructure on an "as is" basis to any degree of seriousness.
4) Perhaps most importantly: it’d be nice to save/load keywords and sets. This is especially important for apps that share such info (like "real" database apps, especially those that manage photo files). The simple format of "one keyword per line" in a regular text file is typical and sufficient. This allows a "keyword" to have multiple words, commas, or other notations that may be appropriate for any given use.
1) You can only select ONE keyword (or keyword group) when adding to a file or set of selected files. It’s not clear why this restriction is set. Why not just allow the user to click on multiple checkmarks (for each keyword and/or group) and then select "add" to add them all?
2) I’m not aware of a process for adding keywords as a "batch process", other than making a new "file info" file that just has a set of keywords that you’d like to add to a whole set. But the problem with that is that it’ll overwrite any existing "File Info" data already stored. Is there a way to "merge" the new file info data in, or at least batch-add keywords to a large group of images, in a batch-process mode?
3) In order for PS to add keywords to images, it needs to open the actual file and write them in. Of course. The problem is, when files are enormous and voluminous, this process can be quite cumbersome, especially if you want to add a lot of keyword combinations (see #1 above).
It’d be nice if there were an option to store all the "edits" (additions, changes, deletions) that may take place over the course of this process, so that you can create what the final "keyword designation" looks like before you actually commit changes. In a sense, this would be like a "scratch database", where a very basic file format is used to associate keywords and images on a temporary basis, where it would only be "commited" upon selection of a "Apply" button of sorts
Granted, this begins to cross the line between an app that acts as a simple UI for editing keyword info, and a full-fledged "Database" app, which is definitely not where PS wants to go. That said, performance issues will bog down PS if you try to use the keywording infrastructure on an "as is" basis to any degree of seriousness.
4) Perhaps most importantly: it’d be nice to save/load keywords and sets. This is especially important for apps that share such info (like "real" database apps, especially those that manage photo files). The simple format of "one keyword per line" in a regular text file is typical and sufficient. This allows a "keyword" to have multiple words, commas, or other notations that may be appropriate for any given use.
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